Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system (OS) is set to surge to second place in the OS market behind Google's Android by 2015, according to a research firm.

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IDC figures show Nokia's Symbian will lose 65% share of the smartphone operating system market by 2015. In comparison, Windows Phone 7 and Windows Mobile will increase its share by 67% in the next four years.

Ramon Llamas, senior research analyst at IDC, said: "Up until the launch of Windows Phone 7 last year, Microsoft has steadily lost market share while other operating systems have brought forth new and appealing experiences. The alliance brings together Nokia's hardware capabilities and Windows Phone's differentiated platform," said Llamas.

"By 2015, IDC expects Windows Phone to be the number two OS worldwide behind Android," he added.

Nokia expects the transition to Windows Phone to take about two years, which could erode its currently strong brand identity worldwide, damage its Symbian product quality and cause loss of market share.

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The figures suggest a displacement of market share from Nokia's Symbian to Microsoft's Windows Phone over the four-year period with Microsoft's smartphone OS platform only growing 2% by 2015. Does this represent a successful gain of market share for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 or simply a helping hand from Nokia's Symbian?

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